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Leadership Exchange 2025 Agenda

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Sunday, Oct. 12 - Day One

1 PM

Depart for Greenville

4 PM

Arrive in Greenville

4 - 4:35 PM

Deplane, luggage transfer, load bus

4:35 - 5:05 PM

Travel to SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville

5:00 PM

Hotel check-in at SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville

6:15 PM

Meet in hotel lobby and depart for Avenue

6:30 PM

Welcome Reception with Greenville Mayor Knox White

8:15 PM

Depart for SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville

8:30-10:30 PM

Hospitality Suite at SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville

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Monday, Oct. 13 - Day Two

7:30 – 8 AM Coffee Service
8 – 9 AM Chamber Overview & Regional Cooperation with Carlos Phillips, President & CEO, Greenville Chamber
9 – 9:30 AM Break
9:30 – 10:30 AM Downtown Redevelopment with John DeWorken, Greenville City Council
10:30 AM Break
10:50 AM Meet in lobby for Downtown Greenville Walking Tour
11 AM – 12 PM Downtown Walking Tour with John Boyanoski
12 – 2 PM Tourism & Attraction with Heath Dillard, President & CEO, Visit Greenville SC
2 PM Depart for SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville
2:30 – 4:30 PM Break
4:30 – 5 PM Transition to Six & Twenty Distillery
5 – 6:30 PM Six & Twenty Distillery Tour and Tasting
6:30 – 8 PM Dinner
8 – 8:30 PM Transition to SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville
8:30 – 10 PM Hospitality Suite at SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville
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Tuesday, Oct. 14 - Day Three

7:30 - 8:30 AM

Coffee Service at SpringHill Suites Hotel Downtown Greenville

8:30 - 9 AM

Travel to Greenville Technical College CMI

9 - 10 AM

Session #5: Workforce Development with Greenville Technical College President Larry Miller

10 - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Session #6: Tour of Greenville Technical College’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation

11:30 - 11:45 AM

Break

11:45 - 12 PM

Self-Service Lunch

12 - 1 PM

Session #7: Business Attraction & Regional Job Creation with President & CEO Greenville Area Development Corporation Max Stewart

and Upstate SC Alliance President & CEO John Lummus

1 to 1:45 PM

Leadership Exchange Debrief & Trip Takeaways with Birmingham Business Alliance President & CEO Steve Ammons

2 PM

Leave for Airport

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